22 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Newspaper Room. — The number of readers during the 

 year has been 19,090, giving a daily average of over G3, the 

 room having been open on 302 days. The number of volumes 

 replaced after use was 48,691, giving a daily average of two 

 and a half volumes to each reader, not reckoning those, 

 chiefly Parliamentary Papers, taken from the shelves of the 

 Newspaper Reading Room by the readers themselves. 



Map Room. — 394 visitors have been admitted to the Map 

 Room for the purpose of special geographical research. 



V. Additions. — {a) 27,670 volumes and pamphlets (includ- 

 ing 75 atlases, &c. and 1,254 books of music) have been added 

 to the Library in the course of the year, of which 5,183 were 

 presented, 12,345 received in pursuance of the laws of 

 English copyright, 569 by colonial copyright, 478 by inter- 

 national exchange and 9,095 acquired by purchase. 



(h) 64,971 parts of volumes (or separate numbers of 

 periodical publications and of works in progress) have also 

 been added to the Library, of which 2,900 were presented, 

 36,773 received in pursuance of the laws of English copyright, 

 290 by colonial copyright, 360 by international exchange and 

 24,648 acquired by purchase. 



(c) 1,189 maps, in 8,039 sheets, have been added to the 

 collection in the course of the year, of which 510, in 645 



, sheets, were presented; 438 maps, in 6,661 sheets, received 

 nander the provision of the laws of English copyright, 14 



- maps, in 17 sheets, by colonial copyright, and 227 maps, in 



716 sheets, acquired by purchase. 



{d) 4,808 pieces of music, each complete in itself, have 

 been acquired by copyright during the year. 



(e) The number of newspapers published in the [Jnited 

 Kingdom, received under the provisions of the Copy- 

 right Act during the past year, has been 3,483, comprising 

 223,941 single numbers ; 1,271 of these newspapers were 

 published in London and its suburbs; 1,692 in other parts 

 ,of England and Wales and in the Channel Islands ; 298 in 

 Scotland and 222 in Ireland ; 3 sets, containing 1,129 numbers 

 have been received by colonial copyright ; 209 sets, containing 

 32,061 numbers of foreign and colonial newspapers, have 

 been presented and 76 sets, containing 12 volumes and 

 14,610 numbers of current foreign and colonial newspapers 

 have been purchased. 



(/) The number of distinct works comprised in the 27,670 

 volumes and pamphlets, the 64,971 parts of volumes, the 

 1,189 maps and the 4,808 pieces of music already mentioned, 

 amounts, as nearly as can be ascertained, to 31,195. Of 

 these, 5,216 were presented, 17,626 acquired by English 



